Translation
of Sahih Bukhari, Book 65:
Food,
Meals
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 286:
Narrated Abu Musa
Al-Ash'ari:
The Prophet said,
"Give food to the hungry, pay a visit to the
sick and release (set free) the one in captivity
(by paying his ransom)."
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 287:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The family of
Muhammad did not eat their fill for three
successive days till he died.
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 287i:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Once while I was in
a state of fatigue (because of severe hunger), I
met 'Umar bin Al-Khattab, so I asked him to recite
a verse from Allah's Book to me. He entered his
house and interpreted it to me. (Then I went out
and) after walking for a short distance, I fell on
my face because of fatigue and severe hunger.
Suddenly I saw Allah's Apostle standing by my
head. He said, "O Abu Huraira!" I
replied, "Labbaik, O Allah's Apostle, and
Sadaik!" Then he held me by the hand, and
made me get up. Then he came to know what I was
suffering from. He took me to his house, and
ordered a big bowl of milk for me. I drank thereof
and he said, "Drink more, O Abu Hirr!"
So I drank again, whereupon he again said,
"Drink more." So I drank more till my
belly became full and looked like a bowl.
Afterwards I met 'Umar and mentioned to him what
had happened to me, and said to him,
"Somebody, who had more right than you, O 'Umar,
took over the case. By Allah, I asked you to
recite a Verse to me while I knew it better than
you." On that Umar said to me, "By
Allah, if I admitted and entertained you, it would
have been dearer to me than having nice red
camels.
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 288:
Narrated 'Umar bin
Abi Salama:
I was a boy under
the care of Allah's Apostle and my hand used to go
around the dish while I was eating. So Allah's
Apostle said to me, 'O boy! Mention the Name of
Allah and eat with your right hand, and eat of the
dish what is nearer to you." Since then I
have applied those instructions when eating.
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 289:
Narrated 'Umar bin
Al Salama:
Who was the son of
Um Salama, the wife of the Prophet:
Once I ate a meal
with Allah's Apostle and I was eating from all
sides of the dish. So Allah's Apostle said to me,
"Eat of the dish what is nearer to you."
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 290:
Narrated Wahb bin
Kaisan Abi Nu'aim:
A meal was brought
to Allah's Apostle while his step-son, 'Umar bin
Abi Salama was with him. Allah's Apostle said to
him, "Mention the Name of Allah and eat of
the dish what is nearer to you."
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 291:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
A tailor invited
Allah's Apostle to a meal which he had prepared. I
went along with Allah's Apostle and saw him
seeking to eat the pieces of gourd from the
various sides of the dish. Since that day I have
liked to eat gourd. 'Umar bin Abi Salama said: The
Prophet, said to me, "Eat with your right
hand."
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 292:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet used to
love to start doing things from the right side
whenever possible, in performing ablution, putting
on his shoes, and combing his hair. (Al-Ash'ath
said: The Prophet used to do so in all his
affairs.)
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 293:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
Abu Talha said to
Um Sulaim, "I have heard the voice of Allah's
Apostle which was feeble, and I think that he is
hungry. Have you got something (to eat)?" She
took out some loaves of barley bread, then took
her face-covering sheet and wrapped the bread in
part of it, and pushed it under my garment and
turned the rest of it around my body and sent me
to Allah's Apostle . I went with that, and found
Allah's Apostle in the mosque with some people. I
stood up near them, and Allah's Apostle asked me,
"Have you been sent by Abu Talha?" I
said, "Yes." He asked, "With some
food (for us)?" I said, "Yes." Then
Allah's Apostle said to all those who were with
him, "Get up!" He set out (and all the
people accompanied him) and I proceeded ahead of
them till I came to Abu Talha. Abu Talha then
said, "O Um Sulaim! Allah's Apostle has
arrived along with the people, and we do not have
food enough to feed them all." She said,
"Allah and His Apostle know better." So
Abu Talha went out till he met Allah's Apostle.
Then Abu Talha and Allah's Apostle came and
entered the house. Allah's Apostle said, "Um
Sulaim ! Bring whatever you have." She
brought that very bread. The Prophet ordered that
it be crushed into small pieces, and Um Sulaim
pressed a skin of butter on it. Then Allah's
Apostle said whatever Allah wished him to say (to
bless the food) and then added, "Admit ten
(men)." So they were admitted, ate their fill
and went out. The Prophet then said, "Admit
ten (more)." They were admitted, ate their
full, and went out. He then again said,
"Admit ten more!" They were admitted,
ate their fill, and went out. He admitted ten
more, and so all those people ate their fill, and
they were eighty men.
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 294:
Narrated 'Abdur-Rahman
bin Abu Bakr:
We were one hundred
and thirty men sitting with the Prophet. The
Prophet said, "Have anyone of you any food
with him?" It happened that one man had one
Sa of wheat flour (or so) which was turned into
dough then. After a while a tall lanky pagan came,
driving some sheep. The Prophet asked, 'Will you
sell us (a sheep), or give (it to) us as a
gift?" The pagan said, "No, but I will
sell it " So the Prophet bought from him a
sheep which was slaughtered, and then the Prophet
ordered that the liver, the kidneys, lungs and
heart, etc., of that sheep be roasted. By Allah,
none of those one hundred and thirty men but had
his share of those things. The Prophet gave to
those who were present, and also kept a share for
those who were absent He then served that cooked
sheep in two big trays and we all ate together our
fill; yet there remained a part of it in those two
trays which I carried on the camel.
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 295:
Narrated 'Aisha :
The Prophet died
when we had satisfied our hunger with the two
black things, i.e. dates and water.
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 296:
Narrated Suwaid bin
An-Nu'man:
We went out with
Allah's Apostle to Khaibar, and when we were at
As-Sahba', (Yahya, a sub-narrator said, "As-Sahba'
is a place at a distance of one day's journey to
Khaibar)." Allah's Apostle asked the people
to bring their food, but there was nothing with
the people except Sawiq. So we all chewed and ate
of it. Then the Prophet asked for some water and
he rinsed his mouth, and we too, rinsed our
mouths. Then he led us in the Maghrib prayer
without performing ablution (again).
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 297:
Narrated Qatada:
We were in the
company of Anas whose baker was with him. Anas
said, The Prophet did not eat thin bread, or a
roasted sheep till he met Allah (died).
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 298:
Narrated Anas:
To the best of my
knowledge, the Prophet did not take his meals in a
big tray at all, nor did he ever eat well-baked
thin bread, nor did he ever eat at a dining table.
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 299:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet halted
to consummate his marriage with Safiyya. I invited
the Muslims to his wedding banquet. He ordered
that leather dining sheets be spread. Then dates,
dried yoghurt and butter were put on those sheets.
Anas added: The Prophet consummated his marriage
with Safiyya (during a journey) whereupon Hais
(sweet dish) was served on a leather dining sheet.
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 300:
Narrated Wahb bin
Kaisan:
The People of Sham
taunted 'Abdullah bin Az-Zubair by calling him
"The son of Dhatin-Nataqain" (the woman
who has two waist-belts). (His mother) (Asma, said
to him, "O my son! They taunt you with "Nataqain".
Do you know what the Nataqain were? That was my
waist-belt which I divided in two parts. I tied
the water skin of Allah's Apostle with one part,
and with the other part I tied his food
container."
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 301:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
that his aunt, Um
Hufaid bint Al-Harith bin Hazn, presented to the
Prophet butter, dried yoghurt and mastigures. The
Prophet invited the people to those mastigures and
they were eaten on his dining sheet, but the
Prophet did not eat of it, as if he disliked it.
Nevertheless. if it was unlawful to eat that, the
people would not have eaten it on the dining sheet
of the Prophet nor would he have ordered that they
be eaten.
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 302:
Narrated Suwaid bin
An-Nu'man:
that while they
were with the Prophet at As-Sahba' which was at a
distance of one day's journey from Khaibar the
prayer became due, and the Prophet asked the
people for food but there was nothing with the
people except Sawiq. He ate of it and we ate along
with him, and then he asked for water and rinsed
his mouth (with it), and then offered the (Maghrib)
prayer and we too offered the prayer but the
Prophet did not perform ablution (again after
eating the Sawiq.).
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 303:
Narrated Khalid bin
Al-Walid:
That he went with
Allah's Apostle to the house of Maimuna, who was
his and Ibn 'Abbas' aunt. He found with her a
roasted mastigure which her sister Hufaida bint
Al-Harith had brought from Najd. Maimuna presented
the mastigure before Allah's Apostle who rarely
started eating any (unfamiliar) food before it was
described and named for him. (But that time)
Allah's Apostle stretched his hand towards the
(meat of the) mastigure whereupon a lady from
among those who were present, said, "You
should inform Allah's Apostle of what you have
presented to him. O Allah's Apostle! It is the
meat of a mastigure." (On learning that)
Allah's Apostle withdrew his hand from the meat of
the mastigure. Khalid bin Al-Walid said, "O
Allah's Apostle! Is this unlawful to eat?"
Allah's Apostle replied, "No, but it is not
found in the land of my people, so I do not like
it." Khalid said, "Then I pulled the
mastigure (meat) towards me and ate it while
Allah's Apostle was looking at me.
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 304:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "The food for two persons is sufficient
for three, and the food of three persons is
sufficient for four persons."
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 305:
Narrated Nafi':
Ibn 'Umar never
used to take his meal unless a poor man was called
to eat with him. One day I brought a poor man to
eat with him, the man ate too much, whereupon Ibn
'Umar said, "O Nafi'! Don't let this man
enter my house, for I heard the Prophet saying,
"A believer eats in one intestine (is
satisfied with a little food), and a kafir
(unbeliever) eats in seven intestines (eats much
food)."
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 306:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
Allah's Apostle
said, "A believer eats in one intestine (is
satisfied with a little food), and a kafir
(unbeliever) or a hypocrite eats in seven
intestines (eats too much)."
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 307:
Narrated 'Amr:
Abu Nahik was
avaricious eater. Ibn 'Umar said to him,
"Allah's Apostle said, "A Kafir
(unbeliever) eats in seven intestines (eats
much)." On that Abu Nahik said, "But I
believe in Allah and His Apostle ."
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 308:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "A Muslim eats in one intestine (i.e.
he is satisfied with a little food) while a Kafir
(unbeliever) eats in seven intestines (eats
much)."
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 309:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
A man used to eat
much, but when he embraced Islam, he started
eating less. That was mentioned to the Prophet who
then said, "A believer eats in one intestine
(is satisfied with a little food) and a Kafir eats
in seven intestines (eats much). "
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 310:
Narrated Abu
Juhaifa:
Allah's Apostle
said, "I do not take my meals while leaning
(against something).
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 311:
Narrated Abu
Juhaifa:
While I was with
the Prophet he said to a man who was with him,
"I do not take my meals while leaning."
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 312:
Narrated Khalid bin
Al-Walid:
"A roasted
mastigure was brought to the Prophet who stretched
his hand towards it to eat it. But it was said to
him, "It is a mastigure." So he withdrew
his hand. Khalid asked, "Is it unlawful to
eat?" the Prophet said, "No, but it is
not found in the land of my people and that is why
I do not like eating it." So Khalid started
eating (it) while Allah's Apostle was looking at
him. An-Nadr said: 'Al-Khazira' (is prepared) from
bran while 'Al-Harira' is prepared from milk.
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 313:
Narrated 'Urban bin
Malik:
who attended the
Badr battle and was from the Ansar, that he came
to the Prophet and said, "O Allah's Apostle!
I have lost my eyesight and I lead my people in
the prayer (as an Imam). When it rains, the valley
which is between me and my people, flows with
water, and then I cannot go to their mosque to
lead them in the prayer. O Allah's Apostle! I wish
that you could come and pray in my house so that I
may take it as a praying place. The Prophet said,
"Allah willing, I will do that." The
next morning, soon after the sun had risen,
Allah's Apostle came with Abu Bakr. The Prophet
asked for the permission to enter and I admitted
him. The Prophet had not sat till he had entered
the house and said to me, "Where do you like
me to pray in your house?" I pointed at a
place in my house whereupon he stood and said,
"Allahu Akbar." We lined behind him and
he prayed two Rakat and finished it with Taslim.
We then requested him to stay for a special meal
of Khazira which we had prepared. A large number
of men from the adjoining area gathered in the
house. One of them said, "Where is Malik bin
Ad-Dukhshun?" Another man said, "He is a
hypocrite and does not love Allah and His
Apostle." The Prophet said, "Do not say
so. Do you not think that he has said: "None
has the right to be worshipped but Allah,"
seeking Allah's pleasure? The man said,
"Allah and His Apostle know better, but we
have always seen him mixing with hypocrites and
giving them advice." The Prophet said,
"Allah has forbidden the (Hell) Fire for
those who testify that none has the right to be
worshipped but Allah, seeking Allah's pleasure.
"
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 314:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
My aunt presented
(roasted) mastigures, Iqt and milk to the Prophet
. The mastigures were put on his dining sheet, and
if it was unlawful to eat, it would not have been
put there. The Prophet drank the milk and ate the
Iqt only.
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 315:
Narrated Sahl bin
Sad:
We used to be happy
on Fridays, for there was an old lady who used to
pull out the roots of Silq and put it in a cooking
pot with some barley. When we had finished the
prayer, we would visit her and she would present
that dish before us. So we used to be happy on
Fridays because of that, and we never used to take
our meals or have a mid-day nap except after the
Friday prayer. By Allah, that meal contained no
fat.
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 316:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet ate of
the meat of a shoulder (by cutting the meat with
his teeth), and then got up and offered the prayer
without performing the ablution anew. Narrated Ibn
'Abbas: The Prophet took out a bone with meat on
it from a cooking pot and ate of it, and then
offered the prayer without performing ablution
anew.
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 317:
Narrated Abu Qatada:
We went out towards
Mecca with the Prophet.
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 318:
Narrated Abu Qatada:
Once, while I was
sitting with the companions of the Prophet at a
station on the road to Mecca and Allah's Apostle
was stationing ahead of us and all the people were
assuming Ihram while I was not. My companion, saw
an onager while I was busy Mending my shoes. They
did not Inform me of the onager but they wished
that I would see it Suddenly I looked and saw the
onager Then I headed towards my horse, saddled it
and rode, but I forgot to take the lash and the
spear. So I said to them my companions),
"Give me the lash and the spear." But
they said, "No, by Allah we will not help you
in any way to hunt it ' I got angry, dismounted,
took it the spear and the lash), rode (the horse
chased the onager and wounded it Then I brought it
when it had dyed. My companions started eating of
its (cooked) meat, but they suspected that it
might be unlawful to eat of its meat while they
were in a state of Ihram Then I proceeded further
and I kept one of its forelegs with me. When we
met Allah's Apostle we asked him about that. He
said, "Have you some of its meat with
you?" I gave him that foreleg and he ate the
meat till he stripped the bone of its flesh
although he was in a state of Ihram.
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 319:
Narrated 'Amr bin
Umaiyya
that he saw the
Prophet holding a shoulder piece of mutton in his
hand and cutting part of it with a knife. Then he
was called for the prayer whereupon he put down
the shoulder piece and the knife with which he was
cutting it, and then stood for prayer without
performing ablution again.
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 320:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet never
criticized any food (he was invited to) but he
used to eat if he liked the food, and leave it if
he disliked
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 321:
Narrated Abu Hazim:
that he asked Sahl,
"Did you use white flour during the lifetime
of the Prophet ?" Sahl replied, "No.
Hazim asked, "Did you use to sift barley
flour?" He said, "No, but we used to
blow off the husk (of the barley)."
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 322:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Once the Prophet
distributed dates among his companions and gave
each one seven dates. He gave me seven dates too,
one of which was dry and hard, but none of the
other dates was more liked by me than that one,
for it prolonged my chewing it.
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 323:
Narrated Sad:
I was one of (the
first) seven (who had embraced Islam) with Allah's
Apostle and we had nothing to eat then, except the
leaves of the Habala or Hubula tree, so that our
stool used to be similar to that of sheep. Now the
tribe of Bani Asad wants to teach me Islam; I
would be a loser and all my efforts would be in
vain (if I learn Islam anew from them).
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 324:
Narrated Abu Hazim:
I asked Sahl bin
Sad, "Did Allah's Apostle ever eat white
flour?" Sahl said, "Allah's Apostle
never saw white flour since Allah sent him as an
Apostle till He took him unto Him." I asked,
"Did the people have (use) sieves during the
lifetime of Allah's Apostle?" Sahl said,
"Allah's Apostle never saw (used) a sieve
since Allah sent him as an Apostle until He took
him unto Him," I said, "How could you
eat barley unsifted?" he said, "We used
to grind it and then blow off its husk, and after
the husk flew away, we used to prepare the dough
(bake) and eat it."
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 325:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
that he passed by a
group of people in front of whom there was a
roasted sheep. They invited him but he refused to
eat and said, "Allah's Apostle left this
world without satisfying his hunger even with
barley bread."
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 326:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
The Prophet never
took his meals at a dining table, nor in small
plates, and he never ate thin well-baked bread.
(The sub-narrator asked Qatada, "Over what
did they use to take their meals?" Qatada
said, "On leather dining sheets."
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 327:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The family of
Muhammad had not eaten wheat bread to their
satisfaction for three consecutive days since his
arrival at Medina till he died.
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 328:
Narrated 'Aisha:
(the wife of the
Prophet) that whenever one of her relatives died,
the women assembled and then dispersed (returned
to their houses) except her relatives and close
friends. She would order that a pot of Talbina be
cooked. Then Tharid (a dish prepared from meat and
bread) would be prepared and the Talbina would be
poured on it. 'Aisha would say (to the
women),"Eat of it, for I heard Allah's
Apostle saying, 'The Talbina soothes the heart of
the patient and relieves him from some of his
sadness.' "
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 329:
Narrated Abu Musa
Al-Ash'ari:
The Prophet said,
"Many men reached perfection but none among
the women reached perfection except Mary, the
daughter of ' Imran, and Asia, Pharoah's wife. And
the superiority of 'Aisha to other women is like
the superiority of Tharid to other kinds of food.
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 330:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said,
"The superiority of 'Aisha to other women is
like the superiority of Tharid to other kinds of
food . "
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 331:
Narrated Anas:
I went along with
the Prophet to the house of a young tailor of his.
The tailor presented a dish of Tharid to the
Prophet and resumed his work. The Prophet started
picking the pieces of gourd and I too, started
picking them and putting it before him. Since then
I have always loved (to eat) gourd.
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 332:
Narrated Qatada:
We used to visit
Anas bin Malik while his baker was standing (and
baking). Anas would say, "Eat! I do not know
that the Prophet had ever seen well-baked bread
till he met Allah, nor had he ever seen a roasted
sheep with his own eyes."
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 333:
Narrated 'Amr bin
Umaiyay Ad-Damri:
I saw Allah's
Apostle cutting part of the shoulder of mutton
with a knife. He ate of it and then was called for
prayer whereupon he got up and put down the knife
and offered the prayer without performing new
ablution.
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 334:
Narrated 'Abis:
I asked 'Aisha
"Did the Prophet forbid eating the meat of
sacrifices offered on 'Id-ul-Adha for more than
three days" She said, "The Prophet did
not do this except in the year when the people
were hungry, so he wanted the rich to feed the
poor. But later we used to store even a trotter of
a sheep to eat it fifteen days later." She
was asked, "What compelled you to do
so?" She smiled and said, "The family of
Muhammad did not eat to their satisfaction white
bread with meat soup for three successive days
till he met Allah."
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 335:
Narrated Jabir:
We used to carry
the meat of the Hadis (sacrificed animals) to
Medina during the life-time of the Prophet .
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 336:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
Allah's Apostle
said to Abu Talha, "Seek one of your boys to
serve me." Abu Talha mounted me behind him
(on his riding animal) and took me (to the Prophet
). So I used to serve Allah's Apostle whenever he
dismounted (to stay somewhere). I used to hear him
saying very often, "O Allah! I seek refuge
with You from, having worries sadness,
helplessness, laziness, miserliness, cowardice,
from being heavily in debt and from being
overpowered by other persons unjustly." I
kept on serving till we -returned from the battle
of Khaibar. The Prophet then brought Safiyya bint
Huyai whom he had won from the war booty. I saw
him folding up a gown or a garment for her to sit
on behind him (on his she-camel). When he reached
As-Sahba', he prepared Hais and placed it on a
dining sheet. Then he sent me to invite men, who
(came and) ate; and that was his and Safiyya's
wedding banquet. Then the Prophet proceeded, and
when he saw (noticed) the mountain of Uhud, he
said, "This mountain loves us, and we love
it." When we approached Medina, he said,
"O Allah! I make the area between its two
mountains a sanctuary as Abraham has made Mecca a
sanctuary. O Allah! Bless their Mudd and Sa
(special kinds of measure)."
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 337:
Narrated 'Abdur-Rahman
bin Abi Laila:
We were sitting in
the company of Hudhaifa who asked for water and a
Magian brought him water. But when he placed the
cup in his hand, he threw it at him and said,
"Had I not forbidden him to do so more than
once or twice?" He wanted to say, "I
would not have done so," adding, "but I
heard the Prophet saying, "Do not wear silk
or Dibaja, and do not drink in silver or golden
vessels, and do not eat in plates of such metals,
for such things are for the unbelievers in this
worldly life and for us in the Hereafter."
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 338:
Narrated Abu Musa
Al-Ash'ari:
Allah's Apostle
said, "The example of a Believer who recites
the Quran, is that of a citron which smells good
and tastes good; And the example of a Believer who
does not recite the Quran, is that of a date which
has no smell but tastes sweet; and the example of
a hypocrite who recites the Quran, is that of an
aromatic plant which smells good but tastes
bitter; and the example of a hypocrite who does
not recite the Quran, is that of a colocynth plant
which has no smell and is bitter in taste."
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 339:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said,
"The superiority of 'Aisha to other ladies is
like the superiority of Tharid to other kinds of
food."
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 340:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"Traveling is a kind of torture, as it
prevents one from sleeping and eating! So when one
has finished his job, he should return quickly to
his family."
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 341:
Narrated Qasim bin
Muhammad:
Three traditions
have been established because of Barira: 'Aisha
intended to buy her and set her free, but Barira's
masters said, "Her wala' will be for
us." 'Aisha mentioned that to Allah's Apostle
who said, "You could accept their condition
if you wished, for the wala is for the one who
manumits the slave." Barira was manumitted,
then she was given the choice either to stay with
her husband or leave him; One day Allah's Apostle
entered 'Aisha's house while there was a cooking
pot of food boiling on the fire. The Prophet asked
for lunch, and he was presented with bread and
some extra food from the home-made Udm (e.g.
soup). He asked, "Don't I see meat (being
cooked)?" They said, "Yes, O Allah's
Apostle! But it is the meat that has been given to
Barira in charity and she has given it to us as a
present." He said, "For Barira it is
alms, but for us it is a present."
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 342:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Allah's Apostle
used to love sweet edible things and honey.
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 343:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
I used to accompany
Allah's Apostle to fill my stomach; and that was
when I did not eat baked bread, nor wear silk.
Neither a male nor a female slave used to serve
me, and I used to bind stones over my belly and
ask somebody to recite a Quranic Verse for me
though I knew it, so that he might take me to his
house and feed me. Ja'far bin Abi Talib was very
kind to the poor, and he used to take us and feed
us with what ever was available in his house, (and
if nothing was available), he used to give us the
empty (honey or butter) skin which we would tear
and lick whatever was in it.
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 344:
Narrated Anas:
Allah's Apostle
went to (the house of) his slave tailor, and he
was offered (a dish of) gourd of which he started
eating. I have loved to eat gourd since I saw
Allah's Apostle eating it.
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 345:
Narrated Abu Mas'ud
Al-Ansari:
There was a man
called Abu Shu'aib, and he had a slave who was a
butcher. He said (to his slave), "Prepare a
meal to which I may invite Allah's Apostle along
with four other men." So he invited Allah's
Apostle and four other men, but another man
followed them whereupon the Prophet said,
"You have invited me as one of five guests,
but now another man has followed us. If you wish
you can admit him, and if you wish you can refuse
him." On that the host said, "But I
admit him." Narrated Muhammad bin Isma'il: If
guests are sitting at a dining table, they do not
have the right to carry food from other tables to
theirs, but they can pass on food from their own
table to each other; otherwise they should leave
it.
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 346:
Narrated Anas:
I was a young boy
when I once was walking with Allah's Apostle .
Allah's Apostle entered the house of his slave
tailor and the latter brought a dish filled with
food covered with pieces of gourd. Allah's Apostle
started picking and eating the gourd. When I saw
that, I started collecting and placing the gourd
before him. Then the slave returned to his work.
Anas added: I have kept on loving gourd since I
saw Allah's Apostle doing what he was doing.
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 347:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
A tailor invited
the Prophet to a meal which he had prepared, and I
went along with the Prophet . The tailor presented
barley bread and soup containing gourd and cured
meat. I saw the Prophet picking the pieces of
gourd from around the dish, and since then I have
kept on liking gourd.
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 348:
Narrated Anas:
I saw the Prophet
being served with soup and containing gourd and
cured meat, and I saw him picking and eating the
pieces of gourd.
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 349:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet did not
do that (i.e., forbade the storage of the meat of
sacrifices for three days) except (he did so) so
that the rich would feed the poor. But later we
used to keep even trotters to cook, fifteen days
later. The family of Muhammad did not eat wheat
bread with meat or soup to their satisfaction for
three successive days.
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 350:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
A tailor invited
Allah's Apostle to a meal which he had prepared. I
went with Allah's Apostle to that meal, and the
tailor served the Prophet with barley bread and
soup of gourd and cured meat. I saw Allah's
Apostle picking the pieces of gourd from around
the dish, and since then I have kept on liking
gourd.
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 351:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin Ja'far bin Abi Talib:
I saw Allah's
Apostle eating fresh dates with snake cucumber.
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 352:
Narrated Abu 'Uthman:
I was a guest of
Abu Huraira for seven days. Abu Huraira, his wife
and his slave used to get up and remain awake for
one-third of the night by turns. Each would offer
the night prayer and then awaken the other. I
heard Abu Huraira saying, "Allah's Apostle
distributed dates among his companions and my
share was seven dates, one of which was a Hashafa
(a date which dried on the tree before it was
fully ripe).
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 353:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet
distributed dates among us, and my share was five
dates, four of which were good, and one was a ,Hashafa,
and I found the Hashafa the hardest for my teeth.
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 354:
Narrated Jabir bin
'Abdullah:
There was a Jew in
Medina who used to lend me money up to the season
of plucking dates. (Jabir had a piece of land
which was on the way to Ruma). That year the land
was not promising, so the payment of the debt was
delayed one year. The Jew came to me at the time
of plucking, but gathered nothing from my land. I
asked him to give me one year respite, but he
refused. This news reached the Prophet whereupon
he said to his companions, "Let us go and ask
the Jew for respite for Jabir." All of them
came to me in my garden, and the Prophet started
speaking to the Jew, but he Jew said, "O Abu
Qasim! I will not grant him respite." When
the Prophet saw the Jew's attitude, he stood up
and walked all around the garden and came again
and talked to the Jew, but the Jew refused his
request. I got up and brought some ripe fresh
dates and put it in front of the Prophet. He ate
and then said to me, "Where is your hut, O
Jabir?" I informed him, and he said,
"Spread out a bed for me in it." I
spread out a bed, and he entered and slept. When
he woke up, I brought some dates to him again and
he ate of it and then got up and talked to the Jew
again, but the Jew again refused his request. Then
the Prophet got up for the second time amidst the
palm trees loaded with fresh dates, and said,
"O Jabir! Pluck dates to repay your
debt." The Jew remained with me while I was
plucking the dates, till I paid him all his right,
yet there remained extra quantity of dates. So I
went out and proceeded till I reached the Prophet
and informed him of the good news, whereupon he
said, "I testify that I am Allah's
Apostle."
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 355:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin Umar:
While we were
sitting with the Prophet a spadix of palm tree was
brought to him. The Prophet said, "There is a
tree among the trees which is as blessed as a
Muslim" I thought that it was the date palm
tree and intended to say, "It is the
date-palm tree, O Allah's Apostle!" but I
looked behind to see that I was the tenth and
youngest of ten men present there, so I kept
quiet' Then the Prophet said, "It is the
datepalm tree."
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 356:
Narrated Sad:
Allah's Apostle
said, "He who eats seven 'Ajwa dates every
morning, will not be affected by poison or magic
on the day he eats them."
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 357:
Narrated Jabala bin
Suhaim.
At the time of Ibn
Az-Zubair, we were struck with famine, and he
provided us with dates for our food. 'Abdullah bin
'Umar used to pass by us while we were eating, and
say, "Do not eat two dates together at a
time, for the Prophet forbade the taking of two
dates together at a time (in a gathering)."
Ibn 'Umar used to add, "Unless one takes the
permission of one's companions."
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 358:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin Ja'far:
I saw the Prophet
eating fresh dates with snake cucumbers.
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 359:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
The Prophet said,
"There is a tree among the trees which is
similar to a Muslim (in goodness), and that is the
date palm tree."
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 360:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin Ja'far:
I saw Allah's
Apostle eating fresh dates with snake cucumbers.
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 361:
Narrated Anas:
My mother, Um
Sulaim, took a Mudd of barley grain, ground it and
made porridge from it, and pressed (over it), a
butter skin she had with her. Then she sent me to
the Prophet, and I reached him while he was
sitting with his companions. I invited him,
whereupon he said, "And those who are with
me?' I returned and said, "He says, 'And
those who are with me?" Abu Talha went out to
him and said, "O Allah's Apostle! It is just
a meal prepared by Um Sulaim." The Prophet
entered and the food was brought to him. He said,
"Let ten persons enter upon me." Those
ten entered and ate their fill. Again he said,
'Let ten (more) enter upon me." Those ten
entered and ate their fill. Then he said,
"Let ten (more) enter upon me." He
called forty persons in all Then Allah's Apostle
ate and got up. I started looking (at the food) to
see if it decreased or not.
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 362:
Narrated 'Abdul 'Aziz:
It was said to Anas
"What did you hear the Prophet saying about
garlic?" Anas replied, "Whoever has
eaten (garlic) should not approach our
mosque."
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 363:
Narrated Jabir bin
'Abdullah:
The Prophet said,
"Whoever has eaten garlic or onion should
keep away from us (or should keep away from our
mosque).'
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 364:
Narrated Jabir bin
'Abdullah:
We were with
Allah's Apostle collecting Al-Kabath at Mar-Az-Zahran.
The Prophet said, "Collect the black ones,
for they are better." Somebody said, (O
Allah's Apostle!) Have you ever shepherded
sheep?" He said, "There has been no
prophet but has shepherded them. "
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 365:
Narrated Suwaid bin
An Nu'man:
We went out with
Allah's Apostle to Khaibar, and when we reached
As-Sahba', the Prophet asked for food, and he was
offered nothing but Sawiq. We ate, and then
Allah's Apostle stood up for the prayer. He rinsed
his mouth with water, and we too, rinsed our
mouths. Narrated Suwaid; We went out with Allah's
Apostle to Khaibar. and when we reached As-Sahba',
which (Yahya says) is one day' journey from
Khaibar, the Prophet asked for food, and he was
offered nothing but Sawiq which we chewed and ate.
Then the Prophet asked for water and rinsed his
mouth, and we too, rinsed our mouths along with
him. He then led us in the Maghrib prayer without
performing ablution again
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 366:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet said,
'When you eat, do not wipe your hands till you
have licked it, or had it licked by somebody
else."
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 367:
Narrated Said bin
Al-Harith:
that he asked Jabir
bin 'Abdullah about performing ablution after
taking a cooked meal. He replied, "It is not
essential," and added, "We never used to
get such kind of food during the lifetime of the
Prophet except rarely; and if at all we got such a
dish, we did not have any handkerchiefs to wipe
our hands with except the palms of our hands, our
forearms and our feet. We would perform the prayer
thereafter with-out performing new ablution."
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 368:
Narrated Abu Umama:
Whenever the dining
sheet of the Prophet was taken away (i.e.,
whenever he finished his meal), he used to say:
"Al-hamdu lillah kathiran taiyiban mubarakan
fihi ghaira makfiy wala muwada' wala
mustaghna'anhu Rabbuna."
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 369:
Narrated Abu Umama:
Whenever the
Prophet finished his meals (or when his dining
sheet was taken away), he used to say.
"Praise be to Allah Who has satisfied our
needs and quenched our thirst. Your favor cannot
by compensated or denied." Once he said,
upraise be to You, O our Lord! Your favor cannot
be compensated, nor can be left, nor can be
dispensed with, O our Lord!"
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 370:
Narrated .Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"When your servant brings your food to you,
if you do not ask him to join you, then at least
ask him to take one or two handfuls, for he has
suffered from its heat (while cooking it) and has
taken pains to cook it nicely."
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 371:
Narrated Abu Mas'ud
Al-Ansari:
There was an Ansari
man nicknamed, Abu Shu'aib, who had a slave who
was a butcher. He came to the Prophet while he was
sitting with his companions and noticed the signs
of hunger on the face of the Prophet . So he went
to his butcher slave and said, "Prepare for
me a meal sufficient for five persons so that I
may invite the Prophet along with four other
men." He had the meal prepared for him and
invited him. A (sixth) man followed them. The
Prophet said, "O Abu Shu'aib! Another man has
followed us. If you wish, you may invite him; and
if you wish, you may refuse him." Abu Shu'aib
said, "No, I will admit him."
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 372:
Narrated 'Amr bin
Umaiyya:
that he saw Allah's
Apostle cutting a piece of mutton from its
shoulder part he was carrying in his hand. When he
was called for prayer, he put it down and the
knife with which he was cutting it. Then he stood
up and offered the prayer without performing new
ablution
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 373r:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
The Prophet said,
If supper is served and the Iqama for (Isha)
prayer is proclaimed, start with you supper
first."
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 373i:
Narrated Nafi:
Once Ibn Umar was
taking his supper while he was listening to the
recitation of (Quran by) the Imam (in the Isha
prayer).
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 374:
Narrated Aisha:
The Prophet said,
"If the Iqama for ('Isha') prayer is
proclaimed and supper is served, take your supper
first "
Volume
7, Book 65, Number 375:
Narrated Anas:
I know (about) the
Hijab (the order of veiling of women) more than
anybody else. Ubai bin Ka'b used to ask me about
it. Allah's Apostle became the bridegroom of
Zainab bint Jahsh whom he married at Medina. After
the sun had risen high in the sky, the Prophet
invited the people to a meal. Allah's Apostle
remained sitting and some people remained sitting
with him after the other guests had left. Then
Allah's Apostle got up and went away, and I too,
followed him till he reached the door of 'Aisha's
room. Then he thought that the people must have
left the place by then, so he returned and I also
returned with him. Behold, the people were still
sitting at their places. So he went back again for
the second time, and I went along with him too.
When we reached the door of 'Aisha's room, he
returned and I also returned with him to see that
the people had left. Thereupon the Prophet hung a
curtain between me and him and the Verse regarding
the order for (veiling of women) Hijab was
revealed.
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